Nalani’s POVMy wolf howled inside, power surging silver-hot, ready to fight. I crouched low, claws digging into earth, fangs bared, preparing to lunge at the nearest one, a scarred black wolf with glowing eyes.But before I could strike, one rogue shifted partially, human voice rough and mocking from a half-formed muzzle. “Follow us quietly, Silver Wolf, if you want to see your brother alive. Otherwise, he ends up like Thane and Daniel, gutted and forgotten.”The names hit like blows. Thane and Daniel… killed and injected with the same dark poisonous substance… one of Jade's twisted drug. Now Zeph. They had Zeph. The call to him had been a lure, and I’d fallen for it, leading myself straight into their trap. Fear for my brother choked me, overriding the rage. I couldn’t risk him. Not after everything. He was family, blood, the brother I’d just found. No more deaths because of me, no more loss on my conscience.I made a solemn promise inside me then, silent and fierce: nothing would
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